To D. W. Thompson [before February 1882]1
Dear Sir
I am glad to hear that Dr H. M approves so highly of your Trans of his work. & I sincerely hope that you may be successful in finding a P.— As stated in my book on C. F. the appearance of Dr Muller work in English it wd be a great boon to natural Science.—2 It contains a vast amt of most curious & interesting matter, & is of high value as giving full reference to everything which has been published in relation to the fertilisation of Flowers.— It is the standard work on this subject. Thanks to the new matter which Dr M. intends to add the English edition will be more valuable even than the German one.—3 The parts of the translation which I have read seem to me remarkably clear & the style does not appear like a Translation
You are perfectly welcome to show this letter which expresses my deliberate conviction to anyone
Dear S | Yrs t. | C. D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und die gegenseitigen Anpassungen beider. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss des ursächlichen Zusammenhanges in der organischen Natur. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
Müller, Hermann. 1883a. The fertilisation of flowers. Translated and edited by D’Arcy W. Thompson. London: Macmillan and Co.
Summary
Is glad to hear that Hermann Müller approves of D’AWT’s translation of his work [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)]; he hopes a publisher may be found for a work of such high value.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10748
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 87
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10748,” accessed on 26 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10748.xml